Bloop 1722461 225521930 2008-07-14T03:25:39Z J.delanoy 2372780 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/4.235.159.197|4.235.159.197]] to last version by Hawkian (using [[WP:HG|Huggle]]) {{otheruses4|the underwater sound|the programming language|BlooP and FlooP}} [[Image:Bloop.jpg|250px|thumb|right|A [[spectrogram]] of Bloop.]] {{Sound|The Bloop, from the [[NOAA]] website at 16x the original speed.|Bloop.ogg}} The '''Bloop''' is the name given to an ultra-low frequency underwater sound detected by the [[U.S.]] [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] several times during the summer of [[1997]]. The source of the sound remains unknown. ==Analysis== The sound, traced to somewhere around {{coor d|50|S|100|W|scale:40000000}} ([[South American]] southwest coast), was detected repeatedly by the Equatorial Pacific Ocean autonomous hydrophone array, which uses [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] equipment originally designed to detect [[Soviet]] [[submarine]]s. According to the NOAA description, it "rises rapidly in frequency over about one minute and was of sufficient amplitude to be heard on multiple sensors, at a range of over 5,000 km." Though it matches the audio profile of a living creature, there is no known animal that could have produced the sound. If it is an animal, it would have to be, reportedly, much larger than even a [[Blue Whale]], according to scientists who have studied the phenomenon.<ref>[http://archives.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/06/13/bloop/ CNN.com - Tuning in to a deep sea monster - June 13, 2002<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The bloop ({{coord|50|S|100|W|display=inline}}) is near [[Point Nemo]], an oceanic pole of inaccessibility ({{coord|48|50|S|123|20|W|display=inline}}).{{Fact|date=June 2008}} ==In popular culture== Because the Bloop noise originated near the location of the [[fictional]] sunken city of [[R'lyeh]] from [[H.P. Lovecraft]]'s story "[[The Call of Cthulhu]]", the Bloop has been linked to [[Cthulhu]] by Lovecraft fans.<ref>[http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/cthulhu2.htm Howstuffworks: "The Cthulhu Mythos"]</ref> In the [[alternate reality game]] promoting the movie, the Bloop was also linked to [[Cloverfield (creature)|the monster]] from ''[[Cloverfield]]''<ref>[http://jjabramsprojects.blogspot.com/2007/08/bloop.html Cloverfield Movie Blog]</ref> The Bloop was seen in ''[[The Loch]]'' by [[Steve Alten]] as the call of an undiscovered species of giant eel,<ref name="loch">''The Loch'' by Steve Alten</ref> as well as in [[Frank Schätzing]]'s novel ''[[The Swarm (novel)|The Swarm]]'' as the speech of the intelligent species, the Yrr.<ref name="swarm">''The Swarm''</ref>. The title track from [[Dntel|Dntel's]] 2001 album ''[[Life Is Full of Possibilities]]'' repeats a sample of the Bloop sound set to music. ==See also== *[[Slow Down (unidentified sound)|Slow Down]] *[[The Hum]] == References == {{reflist}} # http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/06/13/1023864318809.html # http://archives.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/06/13/bloop/ # http://archives.cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/09/07/listening.ocean/ == External links == *[http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/acoustics/sounds/bloop.html "Bloop"] NOAA Vents Program for Acoustic Monitoring. Has a link to a wav file of the (sped up) sound, as well as a spectrogram. {{Cryptozoology}} [[Category:1997]] [[Category:Unidentified sounds]] [[Category:Cryptids]] [[Category:Mysteries]] [[Category:Sea cryptids]] [[ca:Bloop]] [[de:Bloop]] [[es:Bloop]] [[eo:Bloop]] [[fr:Bloop]] [[ru:Bloop]] [[fi:Bloop]] [[sv:Bloop]]